I am spending two days at the River Safari absorbing discussions at The Freshwater Crab Conservation Roundtable. It is fascinating and a relief to see this group assembled to further address the issue of native and endemic freshwater crab conservation in Singapore.

Residing in our rare and highly endangered hill streams, Johora singaporensis is on a precipice, despite our efforts these past few years. So it is time to rope in the help and a motivated bunch now has technical support from a variety of experts, some of whom we first talked about seven years ago!

In 2007, Daniel Ng was an honours student determined to work on a conservation issue. He rejected initial applied ideas Peter Ng and myself suggested. We grappled with suitable topics and the idea of the freshwater crab Johora singaporensis emerged.

We thought it almost academic and a little risky due to low population…

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The plastics we use every day and dispose just as frequently, doesn’t just affect marine life. Plastic trash has devastating impacts on us too. Join in this Fri to learn more, share your views and come up with new solutions!

The Evo-Devo-Eco Network (EDEN) is a program funded by the NSF Research Coordination Network to enable graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty to undertake research exchanges in the field of Evo-Devo-Eco, in order to develop or share techniques, protocols and tools for use with emerging model systems.

Researchers based anywhere in the world can apply for funding to visit labs in the US. Also, researchers based in the US are eligible for funding to visit labs anywhere in the world. Applications are due on April 30 and October 31 of each year.

This spring EDEN will award approximately five research exchanges to be held in 2014-2015. Each exchange will consist of an award of up to $3,000 per researcher toward travel, lodging and subsistence costs.

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